State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs South Dakota
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In South Dakota, $85,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.4% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.9%
Maryland vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+0.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $101,500
- p25
- $76,470
- p75
- $131,280
- p10
- $58,240
- p90
- $162,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
South Dakota
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $85,340
- p25
- $71,280
- p75
- $108,920
- p10
- $61,110
- p90
- $129,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.